New Delhi, Sep 19 (PTI) Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur will visit his alma mater Doaba College in Punjab's Jalandhar on Tuesday as a chief guest at the institution's convocation ceremony, an official statement said.

Thakur had done his graduation in Arts from the college.

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On Tuesday, Thakur will hand over degrees to 552 students for the academic years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the ministry said in the statement.

The college has been imparting qualitative education in the region for more than 81 years and has carved a niche by setting up Jalandhar's first campus Community Radio Raabta 90.8 MHz under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, it said.

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Thakur is also scheduled to attend the sports felicitation function as the chief guest at Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar on Tuesday, the ministry said.

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